Improvement in baldrics



tirant Biafra VIRjGIL PRICE, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 112,180, dated February 28, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALDRICS.

The Schedule referred to'in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL PRICE, of the city of New York, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBaldrics, 86e; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure l represents a back view of a portion of a baldi-ic made on mynew plan.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar' letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction ofbaldrics, bracelets, belts, Snc., by making the same in sections oflinks which can be readily taken apart. Thereby such articles are madedurable, flexible, and adjustable in length.

To baldrics especially this invention is applicable.

'lhey were heretofore mostly made of leather or wovenfabrics, which,when exposed to inclement weather, were soon destroyed or greatlyinjured. By making them of sections of metal they become perfectlyindestructible by ordinary Wear, and can at the same time be morerichly'and permanently ornamented than the yielding surfaces heretoforein use. By being made in Sections which can be taken apart theirextension and contraction lengthwise become easy, as well as thesubstitution of one link for another, or the reversing of links, whendifferent ornaments are to be displayed. The same advantages apply tobelts, bracelets, and all other things to which my improved constructionof links is applicable.

My invention consists, rst, in making baldrics of links of metal, asaforesaid; and, secondly, in such a construction of links that the samecan be readily taken apart, and will still be rmly held together when inuse. 4

A Ain the drawing is a series of metal plates, which constitute thealternate links of the baldi-ic.

B B are the remaining links of the same..

Each plate A has a T-shaped projection, a, at each end.

Each link B is made box-shaped, that is to say, has a face plate, b, aback plate, c, and connectingribs or ledges, so that a space will bebetween b and c. The back plate c, which is somewhat less broad than theface plate, has a-transverse slot in it.

The links A are connected to the links B by inserting the heads of thepins a through the slots of the plates c, into the boxes B, while suchheads are in line with such slots; then turning the links A so that theheads of the pins a will be at right angles to the said slot-s, as shownin fig. l. The parts are' then connected, but in such Ymanner that theface plates of the links B will be forward of the plates A, overlappingthe same, asin iig. 2, and thus forming a continuous uninterrupted faceof the chain baldric.

The faces of the plates A and b can' be ornamented in suitable manner bymeans of embossing, enamcling, by precious stones, or otherwise.

lhe plates A may even be ornamented on both faces, so that they can bereversed to display different ornaments for different occasions.

The several face plates may be of suitable shape, either quadrangular orof other form.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An ornamentalbaldi-ic, belt, or chain, made in sections of metal plates,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The plates A, having the T-shaped pins a, in combination with theplates B, which contain slots for the reception of pins a, all arrangedsubstantially as set forth;

VIRGIL PRICE.

Witnesses: l

Guo. W. Manne, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

